It can now be revealed that difficult loan conditions were responsible for Kenya's failure to get funding for the second phase of the SGR.
China refused to extend part of the funding as a grant and also wanted "sufficient proof of viability" before they could authorise the deal to construct the standard gauge railway beyond Naivasha.
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